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Mike was invited to join Eyehategod by Jimmy Bower in 1988.[2] Since then, all Eyehategod albums[3][4][5] have featured his vocals which have been described as "tortured laryngitis screams",[3] an "indecipherable ranting"[4] and "the utmost sickening, puke-ridden audio atrocities that could actually prove deadly if taken in large doses".[6]

For the recording of Dopesick, Eyehategod's third album, Williams went through several issues. At the time he was living in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn in New York City so he had to travel between there and New Orleans, Louisiana frequently for the recording sessions,[7] which took place at Side One Studios.[5] He attempted to record the sound of smashing glass for the introduction to the album, by smashing a bottle on the floor of the studio. In the process he slashed his hand open badly and bled all over the studio floor. One of the band members then apparently smeared the words "Hell" and "Death to Pigs" in his blood.[7] The studio owner reportedly called Century Media to ask if the band were insane, and threatened to kick them out because of this.[7]

The band's lyrics and themes are completely conceived by Mike. He always has lyrics written by him ready so when the other members of the band send him songs he just decides which lyrics he wants for each song. His lyrics never try to portray anything, they never have a story attached to them. Sometimes he works with the musical atmosphere created by his partners in Eyehategod.[2]

Along with all Eyehategod members except Jimmy Bower he formed Outlaw Order, another sludge metal band.[13] He provides vocals for the band.[14]

In 2005, Mike's first book, Cancer as a Social Activity, was released.[15] The book includes old lyrics and portions of collages that Williams assembled for Eyehategod which date back as far as 1988 as well as unreleased stuff, written during the period of two or three years before the release of the book. The book also shows Eyehategod's history. It was mostly written in New Orleans and New York City but there are also part which were written while he was travelling.[15][16]

Early 2013 saw the emergence of Corrections House, an industrial project involving Williams plus members of Neurosis, Nachtmystium, and Yakuza.[17]

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, on August 29, 2005, Mike was at his home in the Lower Garden District with his then girlfriend. About eight hours after the beginning of the storm the power went out. By listening to battery powered radio announcements they were able to find out that the situation in New Orleans was quite bad. After the hurricane passed, the water in Williams neighborhood subsided. At this time violence and crime in the area became rampant and the police were not in a position to help the residents.[18]

Inside the house they could hear gunshots and at one time, upon leaving the apartment, Williams's partner was confronted by a person who attempted to rob her. Williams intervened on her behalf. In order to escape the violence, Williams and his partner slept at the apartment of a friend. The following morning they borrowed a car and traveled to Morgan City, Louisiana, where Williams received word that his house had burned down.[18]

They booked a hotel room in Morgan City. Apparently, the person who attended them could see they were from New Orleans because they had to show their identity document; for unknown reasons this person contacted the police. Members of the police entered Williams room and arrested him.[18]

Williams was then convicted of drug possession[19] and jailed. Bail was set at $150,000; an amount Williams was unable to afford. With help from his lawyer Williams filed for a bond reduction which was rejected by the court on the grounds that Williams was a threat to society. Williams was anxious at this time as his friends and associates were unaware that he was in prison.[18] A fund to help to free Williams was created and his bandmates encouraged fans to send letters to him while he was in jail.[20] Later, Phil Anselmo paid the bail money to have Williams released.[18] Upon his release Williams spent several months staying at Anselmo's home.[8]

Williams struggled with drug addiction before Hurricane Katrina.[16] By the time the hurricane hit, he had stopped using heroin[15] and was in a methadone program. During his stay in prison he did not receive the substance so he couldn't sleep for about seven days. He hardly ate for six days; he just soaked the bread from lunch in water and swallowed it because he knew he needed to keep something down. After this, he wasn't addicted to opiates anymore.[18]Jimmy Bower stated in an interview that Mike inspired him to kick opiates also.[20]

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New Orleans
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New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The population of the city was 343,829 as of the 2010 U. S. Census, the New Orleans metropolitan area had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the 46th largest in the United States. The New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area, a trading area, had a 2010 population of 1,452,502. The city is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, as it was established by French colonists and it is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. New Orleans is also famous for its cuisine, music, and its celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The city is referred to as the most unique in the United States. New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana, straddling the Mississippi River, the city and Orleans Parish are coterminous. The city and parish are bounded by the parishes of St. Tammany to the north, St. Bernard to the east, Plaquemines to the south, and Jefferson to the south and west. Lake Pontchartrain, part of which is included in the city limits, lies to the north, before Hurricane Katrina, Orleans Parish was the most populous parish in Louisiana. As of 2015, it ranks third in population, trailing neighboring Jefferson Parish, La Nouvelle-Orléans was founded May 7,1718, by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. It was named for Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who was Regent of the Kingdom of France at the time and his title came from the French city of Orléans. The French colony was ceded to the Spanish Empire in the Treaty of Paris, during the American Revolutionary War, New Orleans was an important port for smuggling aid to the rebels, transporting military equipment and supplies up the Mississippi River. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez successfully launched a campaign against the British from the city in 1779. New Orleans remained under Spanish control until 1803, when it reverted briefly to French oversight, nearly all of the surviving 18th-century architecture of the Vieux Carré dates from the Spanish period, the most notable exception being the Old Ursuline Convent. Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, thereafter, the city grew rapidly with influxes of Americans, French, Creoles, and Africans. Later immigrants were Irish, Germans, and Italians, Major commodity crops of sugar and cotton were cultivated with slave labor on large plantations outside the city. The Haitian Revolution ended in 1804 and established the republic in the Western Hemisphere. It had occurred several years in what was then the French colony of Saint-Domingue

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Hardcore punk
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Hardcore punk is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock, New York punk had a harder-edged sound than its San Francisco counterpart, featuring anti-art expressions of masculine anger, energy and subversive humor. Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism, the music industry and anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock. Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s, particularly in Washington, New York, New Jersey, and Boston—as well as in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Hardcore has spawned the straight movement and its associated submovements, hardline. Hardcore was heavily involved with the rise of the independent record labels in the 1980s and it has also influenced various music genres that have experienced widespread commercial success, including alternative rock, thrash metal, emo and metalcore. While traditional hardcore has never experienced mainstream success, some of its early pioneers have garnered appreciation over time. In 2011, Rolling Stone writer David Fricke placed Greg Ginn of Black Flag 99th place in his 100 Greatest Guitarists list, although the music genre started in English-speaking western countries, notable hardcore scenes have existed in Italy, Brazil, Japan, Europe and the Middle East. The origin of the hardcore punk is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D. O. A. may have helped to popularize the term with the title of their 1981 album, Hardcore 81. C. Hardcore historian Steven Blush said that the term hardcore is also a reference to the sense of being fed up with the existing punk, Blush also states that the term refers to an extreme, the absolute most Punk. One definition of the genre is a form of exceptionally harsh punk rock, like the Oi. subgenre of the UK, hardcore punk can be considered an internal music reaction. According to one writer, distressed by the artificiality of much post-punk, lacking the art-school grace of post-punk, hardcore punk favor low key visual aesthetic over extravagance and breaking with original punk rock song patterns. One of the important philosophies in the scene is authenticity. The pejorative term poseur is applied to those who associate with punk and adopt its stylistic attributes but are deemed not to share or understand the underlying values and philosophy. Joe Keithley, the vocalist of D. O. A. said in an interview, in the vein of earlier punk rock, most hardcore punk bands have followed the traditional singer/guitar/bass/drum format. The songwriting has more emphasis on rather than melody. Critic Steven Blush writes The Sex Pistols were still rocknroll. like the craziest version of Chuck Berry, Hardcore was a radical departure from that

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Doom metal
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Doom metal is an extreme style of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much thicker or heavier sound than other metal genres. Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom. The genre is strongly influenced by the work of Black Sabbath. During the first half of the 1980s, a number of bands from England, the electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit are the most common instruments used to play doom metal, although keyboards are sometimes used. Guitarists and bassists often downtune their instruments to very low notes and this produces a very thick or heavy guitar tone, which is one of the defining characteristics of the genre. Along with the heavy metal compositional technique of guitars and bass playing the same riff in unison. Another defining characteristic is the consistent focus on slow tempos, so-called epic doom vocalists often take it a step further, singing in an operatic style. Doom metal bands influenced by extreme metal genres often use growled or screamed vocals, as is the case of death/doom, black/doom. Lyrics in doom metal play a key role, often, they are gloomy and pessimistic, include themes such as, suffering, depression, fear, grief, dread, death and anger. While some bands write lyrics in introspective and personal ways, others convey their themes using symbolism – which may be inspired by literature, some doom metal bands use religious themes in their music. Trouble, one of the pioneers, were among the first to incorporate Christian imagery. Others have incorporated occult and pagan imagery, for many bands, the use of religious themes is for aesthetic and symbolic purposes only. Examples include lyrics/imagery about the Last Judgment to invoke dread, or the use of crucifixes, furthermore, some doom metal bands write lyrics about drugs or drug addiction. This is most common among stoner doom bands, who often describe hallucinogenic or psychedelic experiences, Doom metal is rooted in the music of early Black Sabbath. Aside from Pentagram and Black Sabbath, other groups from the 70s would heavily influence the genres development, blue Cheer is often hailed as one of the first stoner metal bands. Through the use of amplifiers and guitar feedback, their debut Vincebus Eruptum created a template for other artists to follow. Early doom metal was influenced by Japans Flower Travellin Band, particularly their albums Kirikyogen. Other notable groups include Sir Lord Baltimore, Buffalo, Bang, Necromandus, Lucifers Friend, Jacula, Iron Claw, during the early-mid-1980s, bands from England and the United States contributed much to the formation of doom metal as a distinct genre

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Industrial music
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Industrial music is a genre of experimental/electronic music that draws on transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. In general, the style is harsh and challenging, allMusic defines industrial as the most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music, initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments and punk provocation. The first industrial artists experimented with noise and aesthetically controversial topics, musically and visually, such as fascism, serial killers and their production was not limited to music, but included mail art, performance art, installation pieces and other art forms. Prominent industrial musicians include Throbbing Gristle, Monte Cazazza, SPK, Boyd Rice, Cabaret Voltaire, Musicians also cite writers such as William S. Burroughs, and philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche as influences. These artists expanded the genre by pushing it into noisier and more electronic directions, over time, its influence spread into and blended with styles including ambient and rock, all of which now fall under the post-industrial music label. Electro-industrial music is a subgenre that developed in the 1980s. These three distinct genres are often referred to as simply industrial, Industrial music drew from a broad range of predecessors. Industrial music was created originally by using mechanical and electric machinery, monroe also argues for Suicide as an influential contemporary of the industrial musicians. Groups cited as inspirational by the founders of industrial music include The Velvet Underground, Joy Division, genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle had a cassette library including recordings by the Master Musicians of Jajouka, Kraftwerk, Charles Manson, and William S. Burroughs. P-Orridge also credited 1960s rock such as The Doors, Pearls Before Swine, The Fugs, Captain Beefheart, chris Carter also enjoyed and found inspiration in Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream. Boyd Rice was influenced by the music of 60s girl groups, Cabaret Voltaire cited Roxy Music as their initial forerunners, as well as Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express. Cabaret Voltaire also recorded pieces reminiscent of musique concrète and composers such as Morton Subotnick, Nurse with Wound cited a long list of obscure free improvisation and Krautrock as recommended listening. 23 Skidoo borrowed from Fela Kuti and Miles Daviss On the Corner, many industrial groups, including Einstürzende Neubauten, took inspiration from world music. Many of the industrial musicians preferred to cite artists or thinkers, rather than musicians. Simon Reynolds declares that Being a Throbbing Gristle fan was like enrolling in a university course of cultural extremism, John Cage was an initial inspiration for Throbbing Gristle. SPK appreciated Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Baudrillard, Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, Marshall McLuhan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Cabaret Voltaire took conceptual cues from Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, and Tristan Tzara. Whitehouse and Nurse with Wound dedicated some of their work to the Marquis de Sade, another influence on the industrial aesthetic was Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music. Pitchfork Music cites this album as inspiring, in part, much of the contemporary avant-garde music scene—noise, the album consists entirely of guitar feedback, anticipating industrials use of non-musical sounds

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Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
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Clinton Hill is a neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. The neighborhood is served by the NYPDs 88th Precinct, the area is named after Clinton Avenue, which in turn was named in honor of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. The main thoroughfare is DeKalb Avenue, the area’s European history began in the 1640s, when Dutch settlers laid tobacco plantations near Wallabout Bay. Bedford Corners, situated just southeast of Clinton Hill, was incorporated in 1663, after the war, the Dutch continued to build on the land, which sloped toward the East River and offered great views of the water and of Manhattan. The area was originally devised as a rural get-away for those determined to escape from the closeness of city life, as Walt Whitman, editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, put it in 1846. George Washington Pine had bought up the land in the area and broke it into lots, Whitman, a 28-year resident of Brooklyn, had lived for less than a year in the area in 1855, where he completed his masterpiece Leaves of Grass. The 1995 New Yorker article Walt Whitman’s Ghost” identified the address as 99 Ryerson Street, in the 1860s, after the Civil War, Clinton Hill was developed with row houses, which dominated the street scene by the 1880s. The areas development continued after Charles Pratt, an oil executive, built a mansion at 232 Clinton Avenue, Pratt founded the Pratt Institute in 1887, and its campus remains a focus of the neighborhood. By 1900, apartment buildings were being built on Clinton Avenue and this was followed in the 1970s by the brownstone revival, in which many of the remaining brownstones were restored. In the 2000s, the neighborhood became somewhat gentrified, with wealthier people moving into the area. Clinton Hills population is mixed, with 55% of the residents white or Asian. Ethnic groups represented include people of Italian descent and immigrants from the Caribbean, the residents include many artists, architects, photographers, and craftspeople. In the 21st century, the neighborhood has experienced a significant increase in population, with increased gentrification, the Clinton Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The district includes the mansions of Clinton Avenue, built in the 1870s and 1880s and these four mansions can be seen on Clinton Avenue between DeKalb and Willoughby. The rest of the district is noted for its prominent Italianate. The Clinton Hill South Historic District was listed in 1986, many of the buildings of the Pratt Institute are landmarked, or of architectural interest, and St. Josephs College utilizes several of the former Pratt family mansions on Clinton Avenue. The brick building at 275 Park Avenue was built in the 1890s as a factory that produced and distributed Tootsie Rolls throughout the United States. In 2002, the building was converted into loft apartments, Pratt Institute, founded by Charles Pratt in 1887, is located in Clinton Hill

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Phil Anselmo
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Philip Hansen Phil Anselmo is an American heavy metal musician who is best known as the lead vocalist for Pantera. He is also the owner of Housecore Records and has been involved several other bands. Anselmo was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is of Danish, Italian and he attended many schools, the last of which was Grace King High School located in the suburb of Metairie. Anselmos father, Phil, owned and operated a restaurant in Metairie called Anselmos, Anselmo has said in various interviews that he was very quiet and secluded as a child. He spent some time working on fishing boats as a young man, as a teen, Anselmo accidentally started a fire in his parents house while pulling a prank on his sister. The incident resulted in damage to most of the furniture. While a teenager, Anselmo joined the band Samhain, from the early to mid-1980s, Anselmo was a member of the band Razor White. While they did have some material, they played mainly Judas Priest covers. Pantera was a metal band, with three self-released albums to their name. In 1986, the decided to replace singer Terrence Lee. Seeking a new frontman to continue on this path, the band was led to 19-year-old Anselmo. In 1987, after meetings, Anselmo was added to the Pantera lineup. The band was so impressed with Anselmo that they re-recorded some of Terrence Lees vocals for their latest release, Anselmo relocated to Texas to record Power Metal, which was released in 1988 on the bands own record label, Metal Magic Records. Following the release of Power Metal, the band dropped its glam image, Pantera recorded the album Cowboys from Hell in 1990, and a long tour began. The band documented portions of tour on their first home video, Cowboys from Hell, The Videos. In 1992, Pantera released Vulgar Display of Power and that same year, the band released a promo titled Hostile Mixes that contained four songs, three of which were remixes. The first two remixes were done by Justin K. Broadrick of Godflesh and the last by J. G. Thirlwell of Foetus, in 1994, Pantera released Far Beyond Driven, which debuted at No.1 in the U. S. In late June, Anselmo was charged with following a altercation with a security guard when fans were prevented from getting on stage

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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. The storm is ranked as the third most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone. Overall, at least 1,245 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, total property damage was estimated at $108 billion, roughly four times the damage wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 in the United States. Early the following day, the new depression intensified into Tropical Storm Katrina, the cyclone headed generally westward toward Florida and strengthened into a hurricane only two hours before making landfall at Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25. After very briefly weakening to a storm, Katrina emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26. The storm caused severe destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge, severe property damage occurred in coastal areas, such as Mississippi beachfront towns, over 90 percent of these were flooded. Boats and casino barges rammed buildings, pushing cars and houses inland, over fifty breaches in New Orleanss hurricane surge protection were the cause of the majority of the death and destruction during Katrina on August 29,2005. Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighboring parishes became flooded, according to a modeling exercise conducted by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, two-thirds of the deaths in Greater New Orleans were due to levee and floodwall failure. All of the studies concluded that the USACE, the designers and builders of the levee system as mandated by the Flood Control Act of 1965, is responsible. This is mainly due to a decision to use shorter steel sheet pilings in an effort to save money, exactly ten years after Katrina, J. Many other government officials were criticized for their responses, especially New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, several agencies including the United States Coast Guard, National Hurricane Center, and National Weather Service were commended for their actions. They provided accurate hurricane weather tracking forecasts with sufficient lead time, Hurricane Katrina formed as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23,2005, as the result of an interaction of a tropical wave and the remains of Tropical Depression Ten. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Katrina on the morning of August 24, the tropical storm moved towards Florida, and became a hurricane only two hours before making landfall between Hallandale Beach and Aventura on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened over land, but it regained hurricane status about one hour after entering the Gulf of Mexico, on August 27, the storm reached Category 3 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, becoming the third major hurricane of the season. An eyewall replacement cycle disrupted the intensification, but caused the storm to nearly double in size, the storm rapidly intensified after entering the Gulf, growing from a Category 3 hurricane to a Category 5 hurricane in just nine hours. This rapid growth was due to the movement over the unusually warm waters of the Loop Current. Katrina attained Category 5 status on the morning of August 28 and reached its peak strength at 1800 UTC that day, with sustained winds of 175 mph. However, this record was broken by Hurricane Rita

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Identity document
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An identity document is any document which may be used to prove a persons identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, some countries issue formal identity documents, while others may require identity verification using informal documents. When the identity document incorporates a persons photograph, it may be called photo ID, in the absence of a formal identity document, a drivers license may be accepted in many countries for identity verification. Some countries do not accept drivers licenses for identification, often because in countries they do not expire as documents. Most countries accept passports as a form of identification, some countries require all people to have an identity document available at any time. Many countries require all foreigners to have a passport or occasionally a national identity card from their country available at any time if they do not have a permit in the country. The identity document is used to connect a person to information about the person, the photo and the possession of it is used to connect the person with the document. A unique national identification number is the most secure way, a version of the passport considered to be the earliest identity document inscribed into law was introduced by King Henry V of England with the Safe Conducts Act 1414. For the next 500 years and before World War I, most people did not have or need an identity document, both Australia and Great Britain, for example, introduced the requirement for a photographic passport in 1915 after the so-called Lody spy scandal. The shape and size of identity cards were standardized in 1985 by ISO/IEC7810, some modern identity documents are smart cards including a difficult-to-forge embedded integrated circuit, that were standardized in 1988 by ISO/IEC7816. New technologies allow identity cards to contain information, such as photographs, face, hand or iris measurements. Electronic identity cards are available in countries including Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Morocco, Portugal. Law enforcement officials claim that identity cards make surveillance and the search for criminals easier, in countries that dont have a national identity card, there is, however, concern about the projected large costs and potential abuse of high-tech smartcards. There is debate in these countries about whether such cards and their centralised database would constitute an infringement of privacy, most criticism is directed towards the enhanced possibilities of extensive abuse of centralised and comprehensive databases storing sensitive data. None of the countries listed above mandate possession of identity documents, for example, all vehicle drivers must have a driving licence, and young people may need to use specially issued proof of age cards when purchasing alcohol. Arguments for identity documents as such, In order to avoid mismatching people, Every human being already carries their own personal identification in the form of DNA, which is extremely hard to falsify or to discard. For example, in Sweden private companies such as banks refused to issue ID cards to individuals without a Swedish card and this forced the government to start issuing national cards. It is also hard to control information usage by private companies

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High Point, North Carolina
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High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of the State of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census the city had a population of 104,371. High Point is currently the ninth-largest municipality in North Carolina, High Point is known for its furniture, textiles, and bus manufacturing. The city is referred to as the Furniture Capital of the World. The citys official slogan is North Carolinas International City due to the semi-annual High Point Furniture Market that attracts 100,000 exhibitors and buyers from around the world. Most of the city is located in Guilford County, with portions spilling into neighboring Randolph, Davidson, High Point is North Carolinas only city that extends into four counties. Among the first Europeans to settle Guilford County were English Quakers, High Point was located at the highest point of the 1856 North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro where it intersected the 1852 Great Western Plank Road. Its central location and transportation allowed for the delivery of raw materials like cotton and lumber and processed goods in and out of the city, settled before 1750, High Point was incorporated in 1859. Before it became a manufacturing center, the most important industries were tobacco, woodworking. The first of many High Point furniture factories was opened in 1889, established in 1924, High Point University is a liberal arts institution with approximately 4,400 undergraduate and graduate students from 51 countries and 46 states. It is ranked by U. S. News and World Report 2013 edition of Americas Best Colleges 1st among comprehensive universities in the South, the university offers 44 undergraduate majors,10 graduate-degree programs and one doctorate program. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA Division I, High Point is the only city in North Carolina that exists within four counties, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph. It also stands within two watersheds, the Yadkin–Pee Dee to the west and the Cape Fear to the east. Parts of the city rise above 1,000 feet, making it among the highest cities in North Carolinas Piedmont, High Point is located at 35°58′14″N 79°59′51″W. It is bordered by the city of Greensboro to the north, Jamestown to the northeast, the city limits of Trinity and Thomasville come within half a mile of the High Point city limits to the south and southwest, respectively. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 55.4 square miles, of which 53.8 square miles is land and 1.7 square miles. Summers are hot and humid, and the dew points will often climb to near or even above 70 °F by late June through much of August, nights usually remain warm above 70 degrees. Most summers the hottest day will record a maximum between 96 and 98 °F, about once every 5 to 10 years the city will climb to or above 100 °F

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Skateboard
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A skateboard is a type of sports equipment or toy used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. It usually consists of a specially designed maplewood board combined with a coating used for making smoother slides. Most skateboards are made with 7 plies of this wood, a skateboard is moved by pushing with one foot while the other remains on the board, or by pumping ones legs in structures such as a bowl or half pipe. A skateboard can also be used by standing on the deck while on a downward slope and allowing gravity to propel the board. If the riders leading foot is their right foot, he/she is said to ride goofy, if the leading foot is their left foot. If the rider is regular but chooses to ride goofy, he/she is said to be riding in switch. Recently, electric skateboards have also appeared and these no longer require the propelling of the skateboard by means of the feet, rather an electric motor propels the board, fed by an electric battery. There is no governing body that declares any regulations on what constitutes a skateboard or the parts from which it is assembled. Historically, the skateboard has conformed both to contemporary trends and to the array of stunts performed by riders/users, who require a certain functionality from the board. Of course, the shape depends largely upon its desired function. Longboards are a type of skateboard with a wheelbase and larger, softer wheels. The two main types of skateboards are the longboard and the shortboard, the shape of the board is also important, the skateboard must be concaved to perform tricks. Longboards are usually faster and are used for cruising and racing. See, Skateboarding The following descriptions cover skateboard parts that are most prevalent in popular, many parts exist with exotic or alternative constructions. A traditional complete skateboard consists of the deck, trucks, wheels, bushings, nuts and bolts to fasten the truck, older decks also included plastic parts such as side, tail, and nose guards. Modern decks vary in size, but most are 7 to 10.5 inches wide, wider decks can be used for greater stability when skateboarding. Standard skateboard decks are usually between 28 and 33 inches long, the underside of the deck can be printed with a design by the manufacturer, blank, or decorated by any other means. Long boards are usually over 36 inches long, plastic penny boards are typically about 22 inches long

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Opiate
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Opiate is a term classically used in pharmacology to mean a drug derived from opium. Opioid, a modern term, is used to designate all substances. Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the poppy plant Papaver somniferum. The psychoactive compounds found in the plant include morphine, codeine. All opioids, like opiates, are considered drugs of abuse potential and are listed on various Substance-Control Schedules under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of the United States. In 2013 between 13 and 20 million people used opiates recreationally, opiates belong to the large biosynthetic group of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, and are so named because they are naturally occurring alkaloids found in the opium poppy. The major psychoactive opiates are morphine, codeine, and thebaine, papaverine, noscapine, and approximately 24 other alkaloids are also present in opium but have little to no effect on the human central nervous system, and as such are not considered to be opiates. Dihydrocodeine, oxymorphol, oxycodone, oxymorphone, metopon and possibly other derivatives of morphine and/or hydromorphone also are found in trace amounts in opium, despite morphine being the most medically significant opiate, larger quantities of codeine are consumed medically, most of it synthesized from morphine. Codeine has greater and more predictable oral bioavailability, making it easier to titrate the dose, codeine also has less abuse potential than morphine, and because it is milder, larger doses of codeine are required. Opiate withdrawal syndrome effects are associated with the abrupt cessation or reduction of prolonged opiate usage, while the full synthesis of opioids from naphthoquinone or other simple organic starting materials is possible, they are tedious and uneconomical processes. Therefore, most of the opiate-type analgesics in use today are either extracted from Papaver somniferum or synthesized from those opiates, in 2015 researches reported successful biosynthesis of thebaine and hydrocodone using genetically modified yeast. Once scaled for use the process would cut production time from a year to several days. Heroin is one of several semi-synthetic opioids derived from the morphine, although sometimes not considered opiates, as they are not directly derived from natural opium, they are commonly referred to as opiates. Heroin is a prodrug, it is metabolized by the liver into morphine after administration. One of the metabolites of heroin, 6-monoacetylmorphine, is also a morphine prodrug. Nicomorphine, dipropanoylmorphine, desomorphine, methyldesorphine, acetylpropionylmorphine, dibenzoylmorphine, diacetyldihydromorphine, opiate comparison World Health Organization guidelines for the availability and accessibility of controlled substances

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Dopesick
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It was reissued in 2006 as part of Century Medias 20th Anniversary series with three bonus tracks that were recorded during the original Dopesick recording sessions. The album featured Billy Anderson and Pepper Keenan as producer and co-producer respectively and new bassist Vince LeBlanc. It was recorded at Side One Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana so Mike Williams had to travel often between there and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn in New York City, where he was living at the time. The recording sessions were chaotic, and involved the studio owner reportedly calling Century Media to ask if the band was mentally unstable. This particular incident occurred after Mike Williams had attempted to record the sound of smashing glass for the introduction to the album, by smashing a bottle on the floor of the studio. In the process, he slashed open his hand and bled all over the studio floor, One of the band members then apparently smeared the words Hell and Death to Pigs in Williams blood. The albums recording finished during the winter of 1995, after the completion of the LP, Brian Patton and Joey LaCaze flew out to San Francisco, California to mix the album at Hyde Street Studio with Billy Anderson, who would be the albums engineer also. The album was released on April 2,1996. Thanks to the LP, the band was able to embark on a United States tour in the spring of 1997, supporting White Zombie and Pantera, on June 27,2006, the album was reissued as part of Century Medias 20th Anniversary series of reissues. The new edition included three tracks recorded during the original Dopesick recording sessions. Dopesick continues Eyehategods tradition of making hateful and painful music, the album opens with Mike Williams screams and the sound of a broken bottle. It is somewhat diverse musically, but not in terms of mood, dixie Whiskey has a main riff that sounds, reportedly, like a swamp-bred Black Sabbath. Dogs Holy Life and Non Conductive Negative Reasoning both feature inventive and ear-grabbing guitar parts before ending abruptly, according to William York of Allmusic, songs such as Peace Thru War and Lack of Almost Everything alternate up-tempo hardcore punk sections with slowed-down grooves. Michael Williams gives the album his puke-ridden vocals which are, according to critics, William York of Allmusic gave the album 4.5 stars of 5, calling it an exhausting, challenging listen but Eyehategods most musically accomplished and well-rounded statement. He praised the fact that it is varied musically, the extreme tempo alternations in songs, such as Peace Thru War and Lack of Almost Everything, were very well received. Music by Jimmy Bower, Brian Patton, Joey LaCaze and Vince LeBlanc, all lyrics written by Mike Williams, except tracks six and seven, by Williams and Alicia Morgan. The original version of Depress can be found in In the Name of Suffering, dixie Whiskey is also featured in Identity 3. D. A compilation album released by Century Media Records, another cover of this track by Intronaut was included in Century Medias cover album Century Media Records, Covering 20 Years of Extremes